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ANTHONY W. D’AMATO Associate Professor

Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont

204E Aiken Center Burlington, VT 05405 awdamato@uvm.edu

EMPHASIS AREA

Silviculture and applied forest ecology research focuses on long-term forest stand dynamics, forest management and natural disturbance effects on ecosystem structure and function, modeling forest growth and development, and assessments of silvicultural strategies for conferring adaptation and mitigation potential within the context of global change. EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Forest Resources (2007) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Dissertation: Structural attributes, disturbance dynamics, and ecosystem properties of old-growth forests in western Massachusetts. Advisors: Drs. David Orwig and Matthew Kelty M.S. in Forest Science (2002), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Thesis: Interference dynamics in mixed red alder/Douglas-fir forests. Advisor: Dr. Klaus Puettmann B.S. in Forest Ecosystem Science (2000), University of Maine, Orono, ME PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor—Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont (January 2015-present) Adjunct Professor—Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota (2015-present) Charles Bullard Fellow—Harvard Forest, Harvard University (2014) Associate Professor—Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota (2012-2014) Assistant Professor—Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota (2007-2012) Postdoctoral Researcher—Dept. Natural Resources Conservation, Univ. of Massachusetts (2007) Research Assistant—Harvard Forest, Harvard University (2002-2006) Graduate Research Assistant—Dept. of Forest Science, Oregon State University (2001-2002) HONORS & AWARDS

Mollie Beattie Young Forester Leadership Award, New England Society of American Foresters (2017)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Award of Excellence (2014) Council of Graduate Students Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Minnesota (2014) Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research, Harvard Forest, Harvard University (2014) Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Minnesota (2012) Richard C. Newman Art of Teaching Award, University of Minnesota (2011) Uncle of Paul Award for contributions to University of Minnesota Forestry Club (2008, 2011)

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Outstanding Academic Achievement in Forestry, University of Massachusetts (2005, 2006) Cort Dickson Memorial Forestry Scholarship, Harvard Forest, Harvard University (2005) Award for Outstanding Service, University of Massachusetts (2004)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (*student co-authorship) (89 Total)

D'Amato, A. W., D. A. Orwig, D. R. Foster, A. Barker Plotkin, P. K. Schoonmaker, and M. R. Wagner. 2017. Long-term structural and biomass dynamics of virgin Tsuga canadensis–Pinus strobus forests after hurricane disturbance. Ecology 98:721-733.

D'Amato, A. W., B. J. Palik, J. F. Franklin, and D. R. Foster. 2017. Exploring the origins of

ecological forestry in North America. Journal of Forestry 115:126-127. Palik, B. J., and A. W. D'Amato . 2017. Ecological forestry: much more than retention

harvesting. Journal of Forestry 115:51-53. Curzon, M., S. Baker, C. Kern, B. Palik, and A.W. D’Amato . 2017. Influence of mature

overstory trees on adjacent 12-Year regeneration and the woody understory: aggregated retention versus intact forest. Forests 8:31.

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D'Amato , B. J. Palik, R. A. Slesak, and M. A. Slater. 2017. The response

of Fraxinus nigra forest ground-layer vegetation to emulated emerald ash borer mortality and management strategies in northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 389:352-363.

Bottero, A., A. W. D'Amato , B. J. Palik, C. C. Kern, J. B. Bradford, and S. S. Scherer. 2017.

Influence of repeated prescribed fire on tree growth and mortality in Pinus resinosa forests, northern Minnesota. Forest Science 63:94-100.

Curzon, M. T., A. W. D'Amato , S. Fraver, E. S. Huff, and B. J. Palik. 2017. Succession, climate

and neighbourhood dynamics influence tree growth over time: an 87-year record of change in a Pinus resinosa-dominated forest, Minnesota, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science 28:82-92.

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato , B. J. Palik, and R. Slesak. 2017. Canopy treatment influences

growth of replacement tree species in Fraxinus nigra forests threatened by emerald ash borer in Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47:183-192.

*Roberts, M. W., A. W. D'Amato , C. C. Kern, and B. J. Palik. 2017. Effects of variable

retention harvesting on natural tree regeneration in Pinus resinosa (red pine) forests. Forest Ecology and Management 385:104-115.

Kern, C. C., J. I. Burton, P. Raymond, A. W. D'Amato , W. S. Keeton, A. A. Royo, M. B.

Walters, C. R. Webster, and J. L. Willis. 2017. Challenges facing gap-based silviculture and possible solutions for mesic northern forests in North America. Forestry 90:4-17.

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Woodall, C. W., B. F. Walters, M. B. Russell, J. W. Coulston, G. M. Domke, A. W. D’Amato , and P. A. Sowers. 2016. A tale of two forest carbon assessments in the eastern United States: forest use versus cover as a metric of change. Ecosystems 19:1401-1417.

*Gill, K. G., A. W. D’Amato, and S. Fraver. 2016. Multiple developmental pathways for range-

margin Pinus banksiana forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46:200-214. *Dymond, S. F., A. W. D'Amato , R. K. Kolka, P. V. Bolstad, S. D. Sebestyen, and J. B.

Bradford. 2016. Growth–climate relationships across topographic gradients in the northern Great Lakes. Ecohydrology 9:918-929.

*Curzon, M. T., A. W. D'Amato , and B. J. Palik. 2016. Bioenergy harvest impacts to

biodiversity and resilience vary across aspen-dominated forest ecosystems in the Lake States region, USA. Applied Vegetation Science 19:667-678.

*Roberts, M. W., A. W. D'Amato , C. C. Kern, and B. J. Palik. 2016. Long-term impacts of

variable retention harvesting on ground-layer plant communities in Pinus resinosa forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 53:1106-1116.

*Looney, C. E., A. W. D’Amato , S. Fraver, B. J. Palik, and M. R. Reinikainen. 2016. Examining

the influences of tree-to-tree competition and climate on size-growth relationships in hydric, multi-aged Fraxinus nigra stands. Forest Ecology and Management 375:238-248.

*Scherer, S. S., A. W. D’Amato , C. C. Kern, B. J. Palik, and M. B. Russell. 2016. Long-term

impacts of prescribed fire on stand structure, growth, mortality, and individual tree vigor in Pinus resinosa forests. Forest Ecology and Management 368:7-16.

Clark, J. S., L. Iverson, C. W. Woodall, C. D. Allen, D. M. Bell, D. C. Bragg, A. W. D'Amato ,

F. W. Davis, M. H. Hersh, I. Ibanez, S. T. Jackson, S. Matthews, N. Pederson, M. Peters, M. W. Schwartz, K. M. Waring, and N. E. Zimmermann. 2016. The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States. Global Change Biology 22:2329-2352.

Foster, J. R., A. O. Finley, A. W. D'Amato , J. B. Bradford, and S. Banerjee. 2016. Predicting

tree biomass growth in the temperate–boreal ecotone: Is tree size, age, competition, or climate response most important? Global Change Biology 22:2138-2151.

*Pszwaro, J. L., A. W. D’Amato , T. E. Burk, M. B. Russell, B. J. Palik, and T. F. Strong. 2016.

Analysis of stand basal area development of thinned and unthinned Acer rubrum forests in the upper Great Lakes region, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46:645-655.

Cai, Z., L. L. Narine, A. W. D'Amato , and F. X. Aguilar. 2016. Attitudinal and revenue effects

on non-industrial private forest owners' willingness-to-harvest timber and woody biomass. Forest Policy and Economics 63:52-61.

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Slesak, R. A., T. B. Harrington, and A. W. D’Amato . 2016. Invasive scotch broom alters soil chemical properties in Douglas-fir forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Plant and Soil 398: 281-289.

*Gill, K. G., A. W. D’Amato , and S. Fraver. 2015. Multiple developmental pathways for range-

margin Pinus banksiana forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46:200-214. Woodall, C.W., B.F. Walters, J.W. Coulston, A.W. D’Amato , G.M. Domke, M.B. Russell, and

P.A. Sowers. 2015. Monitoring network confirms land use change is a substantial component of the forest carbon sink in the eastern United States. Scientific Reports 5:17028.

*Looney, C.E., A.W. D’Amato , B J. Palik, and R.A. Slesak. 2015. Overstory treatment and

planting season affect survival of replacement tree species in emerald ash borer threatened Fraxinus nigra forests in Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45:1728-1738.

Foster, J.R., and A.W. D'Amato . 2015. Montane forest ecotones moved downslope in

northeastern USA in spite of warming between 1984 and 2011. Global Change Biology 21:4497-4507.

Forrester, J.A., D.J. Mladenoff, A.W. D’Amato , S. Fraver, D.L. Lindner, N.J. Brazee, M.K.

Clayton, and S.T. Gower. 2015. Temporal trends and sources of variation in carbon flux from coarse woody debris in experimental forest canopy openings. Oecologia 179:889-900.

Kukrety, S., D.C. Wilson, A.W. D'Amato , and D.R. Becker. 2015. Assessing sustainable forest

biomass potential and bioenergy implications for the northern Lake States region, USA. Biomass and Bioenergy 81:167-176.

Russell, M.B., G.M. Domke, C.W. Woodall, and A.W. D'Amato . 2015. Comparisons of

allometric and climate-derived estimates of tree coarse root carbon stocks in forests of the United States. Carbon Balance and Management 10:20.

Russell, M.B., S. Fraver, T. Aakala, J.H. Gove, C.W. Woodall, A.W. D’Amato , and M.J. Ducey.

2015. Quantifying carbon stores and decomposition in dead wood: a review. Forest Ecology and Management 350:107-128.

Russell, M.B., A.W. D'Amato , M.A. Albers, C.W. Woodall, K.J. Puettmann, M.R. Saunders,

and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2015. Performance of the Forest Vegetation Simulator in managed white spruce plantations influenced by eastern spruce budworm in northern Minnesota. Forest Science 61:723-730.

Pederson, N., A.W. D'Amato , J.M. Dyer, D.R. Foster, D. Goldblum, J.L. Hart, A.E. Hessl, L.R.

Iverson, S.T. Jackson, D. Martin-Benito, B.C. McCarthy, R.W. McEwan, D.J. Mladenoff, A.J. Parker, B. Shuman, and J.W. Williams. 2015. Climate remains an important driver of post-European vegetation change in the eastern United States. Global Change Biology 21:2105-2110.

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*Telander, A.C., R.A. Slesak, A.W. D’Amato , B.J. Palik, K.N. Brooks, and C.F. Lenhart. 2015.

Sap flow of black ash in wetland forests of northern Minnesota, USA: hydrologic implications of tree mortality due to emerald ash borer. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 206: 4-11.

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, D. Mollov, J. Blake and A. W. D’Amato . 2015. First report of

Heterobasidion irregulare causing root rot and mortality of red pines in Minnesota. Plant Disease.

*Klockow, P.A., A.W. D’Amato , J.B. Bradford, and S. Fraver. In press. Nutrient concentrations

in coarse and fine woody debris of Populus tremuloides Michx.-dominated forests, northern Minnesota, USA. Silva Fennica.

D’Amato, A.W. , P. Catanzaro, L.S. Fletcher. 2015. Early regeneration and structural responses

to patch selection and structural retention within second-growth northern hardwoods. Forest Science 61: 183-189.

Woodall, C.W., M.B. Russell, B.G. Walters, A.W. D’Amato , K. Zhu, and S.S. Saatchi. 2015.

Forest production dynamics along a wood density spectrum in eastern United States forests. Trees-Structure and Function 29:299-310.

Woodall, C.W., M.B. Russell, B.F. Walters, A.W. D’Amato , S. Fraver, and G.M. Domke. 2015.

Net carbon flux of dead wood in forests of the Eastern US. Oecologia 177: 861-874. Lewandowski, T. E., J. A. Forrester, D. J. Mladenoff, J. L. Stoffel, S. T. Gower, A. W.

D’Amato , and T. C. Balser. 2015. Soil microbial community response and recovery following group selection harvest: Temporal patterns from an experimental harvest in a US northern hardwood forest. Forest Ecology and Management 340:82-94.

Aguilar, F. X., Z. Cai, and A. W. D'Amato . 2014. Non-industrial private forest owner's

willingness-to-harvest: How higher timber prices influence woody biomass supply. Biomass and Bioenergy 71:202-215.

Russell, M.B., C.W. Woodall, A.W. D'Amato , S. Fraver, and J.B. Bradford. 2014. Technical

note: Linking climate change and downed woody debris decomposition across forests of the eastern United States. Biogeosciences 11: 6417-6425.

*Curzon, M.T., A.W. D’Amato, and B.J. Palik. 2014. Harvest residue removal and soil

compaction impact forest productivity and recovery: Potential implications for bioenergy harvests. Forest Ecology and Management 329:99-107.

Russell, M.B., C.W. Woodall, A.W. D’Amato , G.M. Domke, and S.S. Saatchi. 2014. Beyond

mean functional traits: Influence of functional trait profiles on forest structure, production, and mortality across the eastern US. Forest Ecology and Management 328:1-9.

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Kurth, V.J., J.B. Bradford, R.A. Slesak, and A.W. D’Amato . 2014. Initial soil respiration response to biomass harvesting and green-tree retention in aspen-dominated forests of the Great Lakes region. Forest Ecology and Management 328: 342-352.

Slesak, R.A., C.F. Lenhart, K.N. Brooks, A.W. D’Amato , and B.J. Palik. 2014. Water table

response to harvesting and simulated emerald ash borer mortality in black ash wetlands in Minnesota, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44: 961-968.

Russell, M.B., C.W. Woodall, S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato , G.M. Domke, and K.E. Skog. 2014.

Residence time and decay for downed woody debris biomass/carbon in eastern US forests. Ecosystems 17: 765-777.

Kurth, V.J., A.W. D’Amato , B.J. Palik, and J.B. Bradford. 2014. Fifteen-year patterns of soil

carbon and nitrogen following biomass harvesting. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78: 624-633.

Foster, J.R., A.W. D’Amato , and J. Bradford. 2014. Looking for age-related growth decline in

natural forests: biomass patterns from tree rings and simulated mortality. Oecologia 175: 363-374.

Brazee, N., D. Linder, S. Fraver, A. Milo, A.W. D’Amato , J.R. Forrester, and D.J. Mladenoff.

2014. Disturbance and diversity: effects of canopy gaps and downed woody debris on wood-inhabiting fungi communities. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 2155-2172.

Fraver, S., A. W. D'Amato , J. B. Bradford, B. G. Jonsson, M. Jönsson, and P.-A. Esseen. 2014.

Tree growth and competition in an old-growth Picea abies forest of boreal Sweden: influence of tree spatial patterning. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 374-385.

*Reinikainen, M.R., A.W. D’Amato , J. Bradford, and S. Fraver. 2014. Influence of stocking,

site quality, stand age, low-severity canopy disturbance, and forest composition on sub-boreal aspen mixedwood carbon stocks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44: 230-242.

D’Amato, A.W. , J. Bradford, S. Fraver, and B. Palik. 2013. Effects of thinning on drought

vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems. Ecological Applications 23: 1735-1742.

Bradford, J.B., N.R. Jensen, G.M. Domke, and A.W. D’Amato . 2013. Potential increases in

natural disturbance rates could offset forest management impacts on ecosystem carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 308: 178-187.

*Kern, C.C., A.W. D’Amato , and T.F. Strong. 2013. Diversifying the composition and

structure of managed, late-successional forests with harvest gaps: What is the optimal gap size? Forest Ecology and Management 304: 110-120.

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Aakala, T., S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato , and B. Palik. 2013. Influence of competition and age on tree growth in structurally complex old-growth forests in northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 308: 128-135.

Fraver, S., A. Milo, J. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato , L. Kenefic, B. Palik, C. Woodall, and J.

Brissette. 2013. Woody debris volume depletion through decay: implications for biomass and carbon accounting. Ecosystems 16: 1262-1272.

*Silver, E.J., S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato , T. Aakala, and B. J. Palik. 2013. Long-term mortality

rates and spatial patterns in an old-growth Pinus resinosa forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43: 809-816.

Berger, A, B.J. Palik, A.W. D’Amato, J. Bradford, S. Fraver, D. King, K. Nislow, and R.

Brooks. 2013. Ecological impacts of energy-wood harvests: lessons from whole-tree harvesting and natural disturbance. Journal of Forestry 111: 139-153.

Russell, M., C. Woodall, S. Fraver, and A.W. D’Amato . 2013. Estimates of coarse woody

debris decay class transitions for forests across the eastern United States. Ecological Modeling 251: 22-31.

*Klockow, P.A., A.W. D’Amato , and J.B. Bradford. 2013. Impacts of post-harvest slash and

live-tree retention on biomass and nutrient stocks in Populus tremuloides Michx.-dominated forests, northern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 291: 278-288.

*Silver, E.J., A.W. D’Amato , S. Fraver, B.J. Palik, and J.B. Bradford. 2013. Structure and

development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 291: 110-118.

Woodall, C.W., K. Zhu, J.A. Westfall, C.M. Oswalt, A.W. D’Amato , B.F. Walters, and H.E.

Lintz. 2013. Assessing the stability of tree ranges and influence of disturbance in eastern US forests. Forest Ecology and Management 291: 172-180.

Brazee, N.J., D. L. Lindner, S. Fraver, A.W. D’Amato , and A.M. Milo. 2012. Wood-

inhabiting, polyporoid fungi in aspen-dominated forests managed for biomass in the U.S. Lake States. Fungal Ecology 5: 600-609.

*Gronewold, C., A.W. D’Amato , and B.J. Palik. 2012. Relationships between growth, quality,

and stocking within managed old-growth northern hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 1115-1125.

Bradford, J.B., and A.W. D’Amato . 2012. Quantifying tradeoffs in multi-objective land

management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10: 210-217. D’Amato, A.W., J. Segari*, and D. Gilmore. 2012. Influence of site preparation on natural

regeneration and understory plant communities within red pine shelterwood systems. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 29: 60-66.

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Aakala, T., S. Fraver, B. Palik, and A.W. D’Amato. 2012. Spatially random mortality in old-growth red pine forests in northern Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 899-907.

Bradford, J.B., S. Fraver, A. Milo, A.W. D’Amato , B. Palik, and D. Shinneman. 2012. Effects

of multiple interacting disturbances and salvage logging on forest carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management 267: 209-214.

*Reinikainen, M.R., A.W. D’Amato , and S. Fraver. 2012. Repeated insect outbreaks promote

multi-cohort aspen mixedwood forests in Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 266: 148-159

*Domke, G.M., D.R. Becker, A.W. D’Amato , A.R. Ek, C.W. Woodall. 2012. Carbon

emissions associated with the procurement and utilization of forest harvest residues for energy, northern Minnesota, USA. Biomass and Bioenergy 36: 141-150.

D’Amato, A.W. , S. Fraver, J. Bradford, B. Palik, and L. Dunn*. 2011. Interactive effects of

blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire on sub-boreal pine systems. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 2070-2078.

Woodall, C.W., A.W. D’Amato , J.B. Bradford, and A.O. Finley. 2011. Effects of stand and

inter-specific stocking on maximizing standing tree carbons stocks in the eastern U.S. Forest Science 57: 365-378.

*Domke, G.M., A.J. David, A.W. D’Amato , and A.R. Ek. 2011. Hybrid aspen growth response

to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 28: 117-122.

Fraver, S. T. Jain, J.B. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato , D. Kastendick, B. Palik, D. Shinneman, and J.

Stanovick. 2011. The efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity in conifer-dominated forests of Minnesota, USA. Ecological Applications 21: 1895-1901.

*Bolton, N., and A.W. D’Amato. 2011. Regeneration responses to gap size and coarse woody

debris in forest harvests patterned after natural disturbances in northeastern Minnesota, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 1215-1222.

D’Amato, A.W. , J. Bradford, B. Palik, and S. Fraver. 2011. Forest management for mitigation

and adaptation to climate change mitigation: insights from long-term silviculture experiments. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 803-816.

D’Amato , A.W., S.J. Troumbly*, M.R. Saunders, K.J. Puettmann, and M. Albers. 2011. Five-

year response of Picea glauca plantations thinned following spruce budworm outbreaks in Minnesota. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 28: 72-78.

D’Amato, A.W. , B. Palik, and C. Kern. 2010. Growth, yield, and structure of extended rotation

Pinus resinosa stands in Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 1000-1010.

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Bradford, J., A.W. D’Amato , B. Palik, and S. Fraver. 2010. A new method for evaluating forest

thinning: growth dominance in managed Pinus resinosa stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 843-849.

*Gronewold, C., A.W. D’Amato , and B.J. Palik. 2010. The influence of cutting cycle and

stocking level on the structure and composition of managed old-growth northern hardwoods. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 1151-1160.

D’Amato, A.W. , P. Catanzaro, D. Damery, K. Ferrare, and D.B. Kittredge. 2010. Are family

forest owners facing a future in which good forest management is not enough? Journal of Forestry 108: 32-38.

Sharik, T.L., W. Adair, M. Battaglia, F.A. Baker, E.J. Comfort, A.W. D’Amato , C. DeLong, J.

DeRose, M. Ducey, M. Harmon, L. Levy, J. Logan, J.J. O’Brien, B. Palik, S.D. Roberts, P.C. Rogers, D.J. Shinneman, T. Spies, and S.L. Taylor. 2010. Emerging themes in the ecology and management of North American forests. International Journal of Forestry Research 2010: 1-11.

D’Amato, A.W. , D.A. Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2009. Understory vegetation in old-growth and

second-growth Tsuga canadensis forests in western Massachusetts. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1043-1052.

Puettmann, K.J., A.W. D’Amato, U. Kohnle, and J. Bauhus. 2009. Growth dynamics of Abies

alba during repeated group shelterwood (Femelschlag) cuttings. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 2437-2449.

D’Amato, A.W ., and D.A. Orwig. 2008. Stand and landscape-level disturbance dynamics in

western Massachusetts. Ecological Monographs 78: 507-522. D’Amato, A.W ., D.A Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2008. The influence of successional processes

and disturbance on the structure of Tsuga canadensis forests. Ecological Applications 18: 1182-1199.

Puettmann, K.J., A.W. D’Amato , M. Arikian, and J.C. Zasada. 2008. Spatial impacts of soil

disturbance and residual overstory on density and growth of regenerating aspen. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 2110-2120.

Kittredge, D.B., A.W. D’Amato , P.F. Catanzaro, J. Fish, and B. Butler. 2008. Estimating

ownerships and parcels on non-industrial private forest in Massachusetts. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 25: 93-98.

Orwig, D.A., R.C. Cobb, A.W. D’Amato , M.L. Kizlinski, and D.R. Foster. 2008. Ecosystem

response to hemlock woolly adelgid outbreaks in southern New England forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 834-844.

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D’Amato, A.W ., D.A. Orwig, and D.R. Foster. 2006. New estimates of Massachusetts old-growth forests: Useful data for regional conservation and forest reserve planning. Northeastern Naturalist 13: 495-506.

D’Amato, A.W. , and K.J. Puettmann. 2004. The relative dominance hypothesis explains

interaction dynamics in mixed species Alnus rubra/Pseudotsuga menziesii forests. Journal of Ecology 92: 450-463.

Puettmann, K.J., and A.W. D’Amato . 2002. Selecting plot sizes when quantifying growing

conditions in understories. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 19: 137-140.

PROCEEDINGS & OTHER ARTICLES

Fassnacht, K.S., D.R. Bronson, B.J. Palik, A.W. D'Amato , C.G. Lorimer, and K.J. Martin. 2015. Accelerating the development of old-growth characteristics in second-growth northern hardwoods. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station GTR NRS-144. 33 p.

Russell, M.B., A. R. Weiskittel, C.W. Woodall, and A.W. D’Amato. 2012. Assessing the

uncertainty of forest carbon estimates using the FVS family of diameter increment equations. in Morin, R.S. and G.C. Liknes (eds.), Moving from Status to Trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium 2012. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station GTR NRS-P-105, pp. 378-382.

Lenhart, C. K. Brooks, M. Davidson, R. Slesak, and A.W. D’Amato . 2012. Hydrologic source

characterization of black ash wetlands: implications for EAB response. Proceedings of the AWRA Summer Specialty Conference, Denver, CO. July 27-29.

D’Amato, A.W. 2010. Silvicultural options for black ash communities facing the threat of

emerald ash borer. Proceedings of the Black Ash Symposium, Chippewa National Forest May 25-27, Bemidji, MN.

Fraver, S., A.W. D’Amato , J.B. Bradford, B.G. Jonsson, M.T. Jönsson, and P. Esseen. 2010.

Tree growth and competition in an old-growth Norway spruce forest. Northern Primeval Forests: Ecology, Conservation, and Management, Sundsvall, Sweden, 9-13 August, Published Abstract.

Foster, D.R., B.M. Donahue, D.B. Kittredge, K.F. Lambert, M.L. Hunter, B.R. Hall, L.C. Irland,

R.J. Lilieholm, D.A. Orwig, A.W. D'Amato , E.A. Colburn, J.R. Thompson, J.N. Levitt, A.M. Ellison, W.S. Keeton, J.D. Aber, C.V. Cogbill, C.T. Driscoll, T.J. Fahey, and C.M. Hart. 2010. Wildlands and woodlands: a vision for the New England landscape. Harvard Forest Paper no. 30.

D’Amato, A.W., N.W. Bolton, C.R. Blinn, and A.R. Ek. 2009. Current status and long-term

trends of silvicultural practices in Minnesota: a 2008 assessment. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Staff Paper Series No. 205. 58 pp.

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Domke, G.M, A.W. D’Amato , A.J. David, and A.R. Ek. 2008. Hybrid aspen growth response to shearing in Minnesota: implications for biomass production and carbon sequestration. In Zalesny Jr., R.S., R. Mitchell, and J. Richardson (eds.). Proceedings of the Short Rotation Crops International Conference. USDA, Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-31.

Domke, G.M., A.R. Ek, D. R. Becker, J. F. Espeleta, A.W. D’Amato , P. B. Reich, S. Suh, M. A.

Kilgore, D. A. Current, H. M. Hoganson, T. E. Burk, and C. R. Blinn. 2008. Assessment of carbon flows associated with forest management and biomass procurement for the Laskin Biomass Facility. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Staff Paper Series No. 198. 39 pp.

Kelty, M.J., A.W. D’Amato , and P.K. Barten. 2008. Silvicultural and ecological considerations

of forest biomass harvesting in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Initiative, Technical Report. 65 pp.

Pederson, N., A.W. D’Amato , and D.A. Orwig. 2007. Central hardwood natural history from

dendrochronology: maximum ages from rarely studied species. In Clatterbuck, W.K. and D.S. Buckley (eds.). Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. USDA, Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-101.

Orwig, D.A. and A.W. D’Amato . 2007. Southern New England old-growth forests: how much

is left and can they inform management decisions? New England Society of American Foresters News Quarterly Volume 68 (4): 10-11.

Kelty, M.J., and A.W. D’Amato . 2006. An historical perspective on diameter-limit cutting in

the Northeast. In Kenefic, L.S. and R.D. Nyland (eds.). Proceedings of the Conference on Diameter-limit Cutting in Northeastern Forests. USDA Forest Service. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-342.

Foster, D.R., D.B. Kittredge, B. Donahue, G. Motzkin, D. Orwig, A. Ellison, B. Hall, B.

Colburn, and A. W. D’Amato . 2005. Wildlands and woodlands: a vision for the forests of Massachusetts. Harvard Forest Paper no. 26. 24 pp.

OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS

Catanzaro, P.F., A.W. D’Amato , and E.J. Silver Huff. 2016. Increasing forest resiliency for an uncertain future. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet. 32 pp.

D’Amato, A.W., and P. Catanzaro. 2009. A forest manager’s guide to restoring late-

successional forest structure. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet. 8 pp.

Catanzaro, P.F., D.T. Damery, A.W. D’Amato , and K. Ferrare. 2007. The economic viabilityof

ownerships in the Deerfield River Watershed. Kohlberg Foundation and New England Forestry Foundation Pamphlet, 35 pp.

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D’Amato, A.W., and P.F. Catanzaro. 2007. Restoring old-growth characteristics. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet, 18 pp.

Catanzaro, P.F., and A.W. D’Amato . 2006. High-grade harvesting: know the impacts and know

your options. University of Massachusetts, Cooperative Extension Landowner Outreach Pamphlet, 16 pp.

GRANTS (Total Grants = $9,983,553)

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change in New England. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. ($35,000). PIs: A.W. D’Amato and C. Woodall. 6/2016-6/2021.

Sustaining northeastern forests in the face of climate change. USDA Forest Service Northern

Research Station. ($66,000). PIs: A.W. D’Amato and K. Nislow. 6/2016-6/2021. Impacts of Stand-Replacing Wind and Salvage Logging on the Adaptive Capacity of Hemlock-

Hardwood Forests in Southern New England. ($28,448). USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station/Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science. PIs: A.W. D’Amato and M. Janowiak. 7/2016-7/2018.

Adaptive Management Plan for Climate Change for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP.

Woodstock Foundation. ($56,284). PIs: A.W. D’Amato and K. Jones. 7/2016-7/2018 Evaluating the effects of southern pine beetle in a newly invaded region: stand level impacts, fire

hazard, and future forest conditions. USDA Forest Service Health Monitoring Program ($48,725). PIs: A.W. D’Amato and K.J. Dodds. 1/2015-1/2017.

Identifying Factors Affecting Regional Patterns of Sugar Maple Regeneration in the Northern

Forest. Northeastern States Research Cooperative ($9,452). PI: A.W. D’Amato . 9/2015-5/2016.

Using Multiple Long-term Data Sets to Evaluate Dynamics and Characteristics of Managed

Uneven-aged Northern Forest Stands. Northeastern States Research Cooperative ($111,513). PIs: R.J. Nyland, L.S. Kenefic, A.W. D’Amato, C.C. Kern, D.H. Kiernan, E. Bevilacqua, B.J. Palik. 9/2015-8/2017.

Sustainable Northern Conifer Forest Management: New Findings and Outreach Tools.

Northeastern States Research Cooperative ($93,155). PIs: L.S. Kenefic, M. Crandall, A.W. D’Amato, A. Weiskittel. 9/2015-8/2017.

Emerald ash borer ecological and hydrological impacts-Phase II. Legislative Citizen’s

Commission on Minnesota’s Resources ($400,000). PIs: A.W. D’Amato , B. Palik, and R. Slesak. 6/2015-6/2020.

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Refining Stand Dynamics within the US’ Forest Carbon Accounting Framework. USFS Northern Research Station Forest Inventory and Analysis Program ($56,660). PIs: A.W. D’Amato and C. Woodall. 6/2015-8/2017.

Quantifying and mitigating the impacts of emerald ash borer on black ash forests in the upper

Great Lakes region. Department of Interior: Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative ($155,641). PIs: A.W. D’Amato , B. Palik, K. Martin. 9/2014-9/2016.

Management tools for reducing the impacts of emerald ash borer on black ash forests. USDA

Forest Service Forest Health Monitoring Special Technology and Development Program ($74,000). PIs: A.W. D’Amato and B. Palik. 9/2014-9/2017.

Scotch broom alters Douglas-fir community structure and soil ecology: prevention and

mitigation through alternative management practices. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative ($450,000). PIs: T. Harrington, R.A. Slesak, A.W. D’Amato . 1/2014-1/2018.

Developing historically-consistent and broadly-applicable monitoring, reporting, and verification

system for quantifying forest change. USFS Northern Research Station/NASA ($48,885). PIs: C. Woodall, G. Domke, and A.W. D’Amato. 2/2014-2/2015.

Modeling effects of climate change on spruce-fir forest ecosystems and associated priority bird

populations. US Geological Survey ($208,000). PIs: A.W. D’Amato , D. King, A. Weiskittel, B. Palik, D. Flaspohler, C. Rimmer, W. DeLuca, S. Auer. 9/2013-9/2015.

Future distribution and productivity of spruce-fir forests under climate change: A comparison of

the Northeast and the Lake States. Northeastern States Research Cooperative ($99,502). PIs: E. Simons-Legaard, A. Weiskittel, A.W. D’Amato , B.R. Sturtevant, S. Fraver, and K. Legaard. 4/2013-4/2015.

Revising the LANDFIRE vegetation classification system for the Great Lakes region. PI: A.W.

D’Amato. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ($147,000). 1/2013-1/2015. The effects of variable retention harvests on ground-layer plant diversity of red pine forests in

northern Minnesota, USA. PI: C. Kern, B. Palik, A.W. D’Amato . USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station ($40,000). 6/2012-6/2017.

Enhancing timber sale program environmental and economic sustainability. PIs: C. Blinn, M.

Kilgore, A.W. D’Amato , and M. Davenport. Legislative Citizen’s Commission on Minnesota’s Resources ($336,000). 6/2013-6/2016.

Northeast Climate Science Center. PIs: R. Palmer, M. Cook, A.W. D’Amato , L. Deegan, L.

Gilbert, R. Horton, and F. Thompson. U.S. Department of Interior USGS Climate Science Research Center (Grant total: $7,500,000; Lead PI on UMN portion: $622,823). 2/2012-2/2017.

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Assessing the response of tree regeneration and understory vegetation to managed old-growth silviculture strategies in second-growth hardwoods. PI: A.W. D’Amato . Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ($65,000). 2/2011-7/2013.

Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions associated with short-rotation woody

biomass production in the Upper Great Lakes Region. PIs: Rothstein, D., D.J. Mladenoff, and A.W. D’Amato . USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. ($998,630). 1/2011-12/2015.

Assessing the Environmental Sustainability and Capacity of Forest-Based Biofuel Feedstocks

within the Lake States Region. PIs: A.W. D’Amato, D.J. Mladenoff, J.Bradford, J. Forrester, S. Fraver, B. Palik, R. Kolka, and F. Aguilar. USDA/DOE Biomass Research and Development Initiative ($2,715,006). 9/2009-9/2013.

Ecological and hydrological impacts of emerald ash borer. PIs: A.W. D’Amato , P. Reich, B.

Palik, R. Slesak, A. Ek, G. Domke, and R. Vennette. Legislative Citizen’s Commission on Minnesota’s Resources ($636,000). 6/2010-6/2015.

Carbon efflux from woody debris – field measurement and regional consequences. PIs: C.

Woodall, J. Bradford, S. Fraver, R. Kolka, and A.W. D’Amato . USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program ($153,000). 8/2010-9/2014.

Evaluation of biomass harvesting impacts on Minnesota’s forests. PIs: A.W. D’Amato , J.

Bradford, S. Fraver, R. Slesak, B. Palik, R. Kolka, and C. Blinn. Legislative Citizen’s Commission on Minnesota’s Resources ($350,000). 6/2011-6/2014.

Adaptation and mitigation options on the Superior National Forest in response to climate change:

monitoring, assessing, and forecasting. PIs: J. Bradford and A.W. D’Amato . American Revenue Recovery Act and USDA Forest Service ($607,000). 8/2009-8/2014.

Toward annual monitoring of climate change impacts on experimental forests across the northern

forest region. PIs: Palik, B., J.Bradford, J. Brissette, S. Fraver, and A.W. D’Amato . USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Climate Change Funds ($360,000). 8/2009-8/2014.

Presentation of forest complexity in the Lake States: ownership patterns and implications for

carbon storage. PIs: J. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato , and A.O. Finley. USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program ($48,000). 5/2009-5/2014.

An ecological and socioeconomic evaluation of woody biomass harvesting in the northern forest.

PIs: B. Palik, J. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato , C. Eagar, S. Fraver, D. King. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station ($54,768). 8/2009-8/2010.

Quantifying wood decay rates across silvicultural experiments in the northern forest. PIs: S.

Fraver, L. Kenefic, J. Bradford, A.W. D’Amato , B. Palik, and C. Woodall. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station ($25,500). 8/2009-8/2010.

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Impacts of woody biomass harvesting on saproxylic communities, nutrient availability, and productivity in aspen ecosystems. PIs: A.W. D’Amato , C. Blinn, J.Bradford, S. Fraver, R. Kolka, K. Kozak, R. Montgomery, M. Ostry, B. Palik, and D. Zamora. Minnesota Forest Resources Council ($294,000). 7/2008-6/2011.

Sustainable forest biomass production: comparing physical, economic, and social availability.

PIs: D.R. Becker, A.W. D’Amato , D.A. Current, M.A. Kilgore, A.R. Ek, and T.E. Burk. Minnesota Department of Agriculture NextGen Energy Grant ($144,895). 1/2009-5/2010.

Assessment of carbon flows associated with forest management and biomass procurement for the

Laskin biomass facility. PIs: A.R. Ek, D.R. Becker, C.R. Blinn, D. Current, T.E. Burk, A.W. D’Amato , M.A. Kilgore, H.M. Hoganson, P.B. Reich, G.M. Domke, and S. Suh. Minnesota Power ($49,428). 4/2008-12/2008.

Tree quality and structure in managed old-growth northern hardwood forests. PIs: A.W.

D’Amato and B. Palik. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station ($56,000). 5/2008-5/2013.

Effects of blowdown, salvage logging, and wildfire on regeneration and fuel characteristics in

Minnesota’s forests. PIs: S. Fraver, B. Palik, and A.W. D’Amato . USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station ($187,238). 9/2008-8/2013.

Resurvey of Minnesota Silvicultural Practices. PIs: A.W. D’Amato and C.R. Blinn. Minnesota

Interagency Information Cooperative ($30,000). 1/2009-6/2009. Assessing factors influencing eastern larch beetle outbreak severity and the response of tamarack

ecosystems. PI: A.W. D’Amato. University of Minnesota Grant in Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship ($29,000).1/2008-6/2009.

Tools and approaches for minimizing the impacts of energy wood harvesting on the environment

and soil productivity in Minnesota and beyond. PIs: A.R. Ek, C. R. Blinn, M. A. Kilgore, and A. W. D’Amato. UPM-Kymmene, Blandin Paper Company ($14,000). 9/2008-12/2008.

Economic viability of land ownership in the Deerfield Watershed of western Massachusetts. PIs:

P. Catanzaro and A.W. D’Amato . The Kohlberg Foundation ($44,000). 9/2007-12/2007. Ecosystem responses to and social perceptions of late-successional forest restoration efforts in

southern New England. PIs: A.W. D’Amato, M.J. Kelty, and P. Catanzaro. The Nature Conservancy ($35,000). 1/2006-9/2007.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Responsible for course development and instruction of undergraduate and graduate students on silviculture, applied forest ecology, forest conservation, quantitative methods, and the natural resource and environmental sciences at the University of Minnesota (8/07 – 6/14) and the University of Vermont (1/05- present). Courses serve students pursuing Forestry (FOR) majors or minors, undergraduates in Environmental Science, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Natural

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Resource Ecology (NR), Parks Recreation and Tourism, and Environmental Studies. Serve as instructor for the following courses with total instruction translating to 243-333 student credit hours per academic year: FOR 1 Introduction to Forest Conservation, 3 credits (43 students), Spring 2016-present FOR 223/385 Multi-resource silviculture, 4 credits (26 students), Fall 2015-present FOR 195 Natural Resources Ecology and Assessment II, 4 credits (23-40 students), Spring 2015-present NR 6 Race and Culture in Natural Resources (20 students), Fall 2015-present.

Other courses taught: University of Minnesota ESPM 3108/5108 Ecology of Managed Systems, 3 credits (55-70 students), Fall 2008-2013 FNRM 3411/5411 Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture, 3 credits (35-55 students), Spring 2008-2014. FNRM 4293 Silviculture Directed Study, 1-3 credits, (14 students total), Fall 2008-2014. FNRM 5413 Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture Lab, 1 credit (11-23 students), Spring 2008-2014. FNRM 5611 Field Silviculture, 2 credits (4-19 students), Summer 2008-2014. FNRM 8104 Research Problems: Forest Ecology, 1 credit (5 students), Spring 2008. FNRM 8105 Research Problems: Silviculture and Quantitative Methods, 1-3 credits (6 students total), Fall 2007-2014 Other courses where guest lectures have been provided

FNRM 3612/5612 Silviculture and Timber Harvesting Practices in Minnesota. 2008-2010 ESPM 1001 Orientation to Environmental Sciences, Policy & Management. 2007, 2008 FNRM 1001/ RRM 1001 Orientation and Information Systems. 2007-2012 GEOG 8980 Topics in Geography. 2007 NR 2 Nature and Culture NR 205 Ecosystem Management

Other courses taught: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

FOREST 540 Forest Resources Management. 4 credits (24 students). Spring 2004 MENTORING

Graduate Faculty Appointments

Natural Resources, Rubenstein School of Environment Natural Resources, University of Vermont Natural Resource Science and Management (NRSM), University of Minnesota Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota School of Forest Resources, University of Maine Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Lakehead University Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal

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Graduate Student Advising (2007-present)

Advisor or Co-Advisor Degree Major Current Peter Clark Molly Heuss Matthias Nevins

PhD MS MS

NR NR NR

Christopher Looney Eric North

PhD PhD

NRSM NRSM

Nicole Rogers Emma Sass Jennifer Santoro

PhD MS PhD

NR NR NR

Graduated* Nicholas Bolton* MS (2011) NRSM Miranda Curzon* Grant Domke*

PhD (2014) PhD (2010)

NRSM NRSM

Kyle Gill* MS (2014) NRSM Christopher Gronewold* MS (2010) NRSM Paul Klockow* MS (2012) NRSM Justin Pszwaro* MS (2014) NRSM Michael Reinikainen* MS (2011) NRSM Laura Reuling* Margaret Roberts*

MS (2014) MS (2015)

NRSM NRSM

Erika Rowe* MS (2015) NRSM Emily Silver* Sawyer Scherer*

MS (2012) MS (2016)

NRSM NRSM

Andrew Telander* Stacy Troumbly*

MS (2013) MS (2010)

NRSM NRSM

Prelim and/or Final Examination Committee Member Chaina Baipkee* PhD (2013) NRSM Megan Buchanan PhD Geography Peter Dieser* MS (2011) NRSM Salli Dymond* PhD (2014) NRSM Nicholas Fisichelli* PhD (2012) NRSM Chad Giblin* MS (2012) NRSM Julie Hendrickson* MS (2012) NRSM Christel Kern* PhD (2011) NRSM Keegan Lund* Paul Ojanen*

MS (2011) MS (2014)

Conservation Biology NRSM

Fraser McKee PhD Entomology Julia Rauchfuss* PhD (2009) Geography Karl Sames MS NRSM Chris Smith* MS (2011) Conservation Biology Joe Walton* MS (2012) NRSM John Zobel* MS/PhD (2013) NRSM

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Post-doctoral research associates

Alessandra Bottero (2014-2015) Miranda Curzon (2014-present) Jane Foster (2011-present) Sidhanand Kukrety (2011-2015) Valerie Kurth (2012-2014) Wu Ma (2017-present) David McKenzie (2012-2013) Matthew Russell (2012-2014) Brian Young (2013-2014)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & DEVELOPMENT

University Service

Chair– University of Vermont, Forestry Program (2016-present). Quiz Bowl Team Advisor – University of Vermont, Student Chapter of Society of American

Foresters (2015-present). Co-Advisor – University of Vermont Forestry Club (2015-present). Honors and Studies Committee, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

(RSENR), University of Vermont (2015-present). University Forest Lands Committee, RSENR, University of Vermont (2015-present). Environmental Studies Director Search Committee, RSENR, University of Vermont (2015-

2016). Graduate Special Gift Committee, RSENR, University of Vermont (2015-present). Quiz Bowl Team Advisor – University of Minnesota, Student Chapter of Society of American

Foresters (2007-2014). Advisor – University of Minnesota Forestry Club (2008-2014). University of Minnesota, Dept. of Forest Resources Curriculum Committee (2008-2014). Forest Hydrology Faculty Search Committee, Department of Forest Resources (2012). Department of Forest Resources Strategic Planning Committee (2013-2014) Forest Ecosystem Health Faculty Search Committee, Department of Forest Resources (2012-

2013). Quantitative Ecologist Faculty Search Committee, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and

Conservation Biology (2012-2013). Faculty participant and tour leader – College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource

Sciences (CFANS) Dean’s Welcome, FR, RRM, and ESPM Presentations and Lab Tour (2011, 2014).

Cloquet Forestry Center Director of Operations Search Committee, Department of Forest Resources (2011-2012).

Faculty participant – CFANS Sneak Peak, Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences Tour (2010, 2011).

Department of Forest Resources Curriculum Refinement Committee (2010) Forest Entomology Faculty Search Committee, Department of Entomology (2009). Human Dimensions Faculty Search Committee, Department of Forest Resources (2009). CFANS Representative – University Faculty Senate (2009-2011). Member – Biodiversity Task Force, University of Minnesota, CFANS (2008-2009).

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Presenter and panel member – Center for Teaching and Learning. Assignments that Connect Field Work with Course Learning Goals. Workshop for visiting faculty from Copenhagen Danish Institute for Study Abroad (2008).

National & International Service

Co-Director – Northeast Silviculture Institute, Northeast State Foresters Association (2017-present).

Education Chair–Green Mountain Division Chapter of the Society of American Foresters (2016-present).

External evaluator – West Virginia University-promotion and tenure. Division of Forestry and Natural Resources (2016).

Co-Chair – Planning Committee, 2016 Society of American Foresters National Convention (2015-present).

Member – Planning Committee, 2017 New England Society of American Foresters Winter Meeting (2016-2017).

Forest Science Coordinator – New England Society of American Foresters Chapter (2015-present)

Co-Chair – Northern Forest Working Group, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative (2013-present).

Panel member – USFS National Advanced Silviculture Program – Region 9 Silviculture Certification Panel (2013, 2016)

Reviewer–Mitacs Accelerate Internship Program, Quebec, CA (2016). Reviewer–National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology (2016). Member – Ecological Subcommittee on Wisconsin’s Biomass Harvesting Guidelines (2013-

present). Subject-matter editor (Forest Ecology) – Ecology and Ecological Monographs (2011-present). Subject-matter editor (Forest Ecology) – Journal of Forestry (2011-present). Member – Planning Committee, 2015 Society of American Foresters National Convention

(2014-2015). External evaluator – Senior lecturer in Biodiversity in production forests. Faculty of Forest

Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2014). Co-Organizer and Instructor – Climate-informed management workshop. Sustainable Forests

Education Cooperative (2014). External evaluator – Pennsylvania State University-promotion and tenure. Department of

Ecosystem Science and Management (2013). Reviewer – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Swamp Hardwood Silviculture

Guidelines (2013). Reviewer – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Tamarack Assessment (2013). Instructor and workshop co-organizer – Adaptive Forest Management Workshop. Sponsored by

the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2013). Instructor and workshop co-organizer – Black ash field day. Sponsored by the Sustainable

Forestry Education Cooperative (2013). Session Organizer – Ecological Society of America National Convention. Minneapolis, MN

(2013).

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External thesis examiner – Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada (2012).

Session Organizer – North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Roanoke, VA (2011). Reviewer – Minnesota Voluntary Forest Management Guidelines revisions, Minnesota Forest

Resources Council (2012). External Graduate Faculty Member – School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono,

ME (2011-present). Reviewer – Climate Change and Renewable Energy Management Foundations-Biofuels and

Carbon Sequestration Sections, Minnesota DNR (2011). Instructor and workshop co-organizer – Certificate Course in Ecosystem Silviculture:

Application of Ecological Classification Systems to Management. Sponsored by the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2011, 2013).

Instructor and workshop co-organizer – Intermediate Stand Treatments Mixed Species Field Day. Sponsored by the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2011).

Instructor and workshop co-organizer – Adaptive Management in the Face of Climate Change. Sponsored by the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2012).

Chair – Forest Ecology and Range working group, Society of American Foresters (2010- present).

Chair – Education Development Committee, Minnesota Chapter of the Society of American Foresters (2010-2014).

Session Organizer – Ecological Society of America National Convention. Pittsburgh, PA (2010).

External examiner – Office of Graduate Studies and Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada (2010).

Reviewer – National Park Service George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship (2010). Reviewer – Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework

(2010). Delphi Study Panel member – Ash management recommendations for Minnesota family forest

owners. University of Minnesota Extension (2010). Instructor – National Advanced Silviculture Program: Lake States local module. Houghton, MI.

Sponsored by USDA Forest Service (2010, 2012). Instructor and workshop co-organizer – Intermediate Stand Treatments Workshop. Sponsored

by the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2010). Reviewer – Strategies for managing emerald ash borer introductions within Minnesota.

Minnesota EAB Advisory Group (2009). Member – Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative, Education Advisory Committee (2009-

present). Member – Black ash management guidelines development group. Minnesota Department of

Natural Resources (2009). Panel member – Briefing on emerging and threatening tree diseases and forest pests. Legislative

Citizen’s Commission on Minnesota’s Resources (2009). Session Organizer – North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Logan, UT (2009). Instructor – Ecological Forestry: natural disturbance-based silviculture and restoring late-

successional forest structure. On-line videos sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension My Minnesota Woods Website (2009).

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http://www.myminnesotawoods.umn.edu/2009/11/two-videos-natural-disturbance-based-silviculture-and-restoring-late-successional-structure/

Member – Silviculture Task Force coordinated by Minnesota Forest Resources Partnership (2007-2008).

Field tour organizer and leader – Improving Productivity of Minnesota’s Forest Resources Workshop coordinated by the Minnesota Forest Resources Partnership (2008).

Instructor – Certificate Course in Ecosystem Silviculture: Forest Ecology and Silvics. Sponsored by the Blandin Foundation and the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2008).

Instructor – Certificate Course in Ecosystem Silviculture: Silvicultural Systems. Sponsored by the Blandin Foundation and the Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative (2008).

Journal Reviewer

American Midland Naturalist, Annals of Forest Science, Bioscience, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs, European Journal of Forest Research, Forests, Forest Science, Forest Ecology and Management, Global Change Biology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Forestry, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, Journal of Vegetation Science, New Forests, Northeastern Naturalist, Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Restoration Ecology, Rhodora, Western Journal of Applied Forestry Grant Proposal Reviewer

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Northeastern States Research Cooperative, University of Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, USDA NIFA: Small Business Innovation Research Program Forests & Related Resources Additional Academic Training

Creating a culturally inclusive classroom-from pedagogy to practice, UMN (2010). Panel Discussion on Students with Asperger’s Disorder (2010). Early Career Faculty Learning Community, UMN (2008-2009). Using Student Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning, UMN (2008). How (and Why) to Shift from Instructor-Centered to Student-Centered Teaching, UMN (2008). Building Online Communication into Your Course, UMN (2007). Course Design: Linking Content to Student Understanding and Performance, UMN (2007). Teaching through Active Lectures, University Of Minnesota, UMN (2007). Getting Started as a Successful Grant Writer and Academician, UMN (2007).

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (presenter in bold)

Gill, K.G. , A.W. D’Amato, and S. Fraver. 2016. Jack pine stand recruitment and development in Central Minnesota. Presentation and discussion panel for Sustainable Forests Educational Cooperative Fire in Minnesota’s Forests workshop, Grand Rapids, MN. December 1.

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D'Amato, A.W. , B.J. Palik, and R.A. Slesak. 2016. Sustaining Great Lakes Black Ash Forests in the Face of Emerald Ash Borer. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Madison, WI. November 5.

Palik, B.J., A.W. D'Amato, and R.A. Slesak. 2016. Evaluating Replacement Tree Species in

Black Ash Forests Threatened by EAB and Climate Change. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Madison, WI. November 5.

Pzswaro, J., A.W. D'Amato, B.J. Palik, and R.A. Slesak. Novemer 5. Silvicultural Options for

Increasing Resilience of Black Ash Wetlands to EAB in Wisconsin. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Madison, WI. November 5.

Foster, J.R., and A.W. D'Amato. 2016. Forecasting climate change refugia for montane

species: how harvest and disturbance affect species persistence. ECANUSA Conference, Burlington, VT. September 30.

Curzon, M.T., A.W. D'Amato, J.R. Foster, B.J. Palik, S. Fraver, J.B. Bradford, A. Bottero, and

K.E. Gleason. 2016. Management influences functional composition and diversity in northern hardwood and mixed-conifer forests in Maine and New Hampshire, USA. ECANUSA Conference, Burlington, VT. September 30.

D'Amato, A.W. 2016. Sustaining forest ecosystems in the face of global change. Invited

presentation. Marine Biological Laboratory Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series. Woods Hole, MA. September 16.

Curzon, M.T., A.W. D'Amato, J.R. Foster, B.J. Palik, S. Fraver, J.B. Bradford, A. Bottero, and

K.E. Gleason. 2016. Forest structure and management influence trait-based growth in northern forests across the northeastern United States. 101st Ecological Society of America Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. August 7-12

Foster, J.R., and A.W. D'Amato. 2016. Forecasting potential climate change refugia to guide

conservation of montane species.101st Ecological Society of America Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. August 7-12.

Foster, J.R., and A.W. D'Amato. 2016. Forecasting Potential Climate Refugia to Guide

Conservation of Montane Species. Northeast Climate Science Center Webinar. February 24. Youngquist, M., A.W. D'Amato, S. Eggert, B.J. Palik, and R.A. Slesak. 2016. Potential Indirect

Effects of Invasive Emerald Ash Borer on Wetland Fauna in Black Ash Forests. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Grand Rapids, MI. January 25-27.

D’Amato, A.W. 2016. Exploring silvicultural strategies in Vermont’s changing forest –

northern hardwoods. Invited presentation. University of Vermont Extension Webinar. January 21.

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Looney, C., A.W. D'Amato, and B.J. Palik. 2015. Treatment, Species, and Planting Season Impact Seedling Success in EAB-Imperiled Black Ash Forests. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Baton Rouge, LA. November 5.

Palik, B.J., L. Nagel, and A.W. D'Amato. 2015. Adaptive silviculture for climate change in red

pine forests. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Baton Rouge, LA. November 5.

D’Amato, A.W. 2015. Examining historic temperate forest dynamics to inform adaptive

approaches. Invited presentation at Biology Department Seminar Series, University of Quebec at Montreal. September 30.

Bottero A., A.W. D’Amato, B.J. Palik, J.B. Bradford, S. Fraver. 2015. Thinning reduces

vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought. Italian Congress on Silviculture, Florence, Italy. September 15.

Woodall, C.W., Walters, B.F., Coulston, J.W., D’Amato, A.W., Domke, G.M., Russell, M.B.,

Sowers, P.A. 2015. Recent land use change is a substantial component of the forest carbon sink in the eastern United States. 100th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. August 9-14. Baltimore, MD.

D'Amato, A.W. , B.J. Palik, L. Reuling, and K. Martin. 2015. Moving beyond gap-phase

replacement: strategies for increasing compositional diversity in northern hardwood systems. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Veracruz, Mexico. June 15.

D'Amato, A.W. , D.R. Foster, D.A. Orwig, A. Barker Plotkin, P. Schoonmaker. 2015. Long-term

deadwood dynamics following stand-replacing wind in an old-growth Tsuga canadensis-Pinus strobus forest in southern New England. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Veracruz, Mexico. June 15.

Gill, K.G. , A.W. D'Amato, S. Fraver, J. Almendinger, N. Aaseng. 2015. Structure and

dynamics of range-margin Pinus banksiana populations in Minnesota, USA. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Veracruz, Mexico. June 15.

Looney, C., A.W. D'Amato, and B. J. Palik. 2015. Overstory treatment and planting season

affect survival of replacement tree species in emerald ash borer-threatened Fraxinus nigra forests in Minnesota, USA. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Veracruz, Mexico. June 18.

Palik, B.J., L. Nagel, A.W. D'Amato, and C. Kern. 2015. Adaptive silviculture for climate

change in Pinus resinosa (red pine) forests. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Veracruz, Mexico. June 18.

D’Amato, A.W. , S. Fraver, J.B. Bradford, and B.J. Palik. 2015. Salvage logging within the

context of interacting disturbances in sub-boreal pine systems. Invited talk at Symposium on the Ecological and Silvicultural Consequences of Disturbance and Salvage Logging on the

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Sustainability and Biodiversity of Forest Ecosystems. Powdermill Nature Reserve, Rector, PA. May 31.

D’Amato, A.W. 2015. Something old, something new: silvicultural strategies for addressing

climate change. Invited presentation at New England Society of American Foresters 95th Winter Meeting. Fairlee, VT. March 26.

D’Amato, A.W. 2014. Silvicultural scenarios under climate change. Invited talk at Forest Guild

National Meeting. Burlington, VT. June 20. D’Amato, A.W. 2014. Silvicultural scenarios under climate change. Invited talk at Forest Guild

National Meeting. Burlington, VT. June 20. D’Amato, A.W. 2014. Natural dynamics and management options for black ash forests

threatened by emerald ash borer in the upper Great Lakes region, USA. Invited talk at Harvard Forest Fall Seminar Series. September 12.

D’Amato, A.W. 2014. Real world examples of forest adaptation. Invited talk at Northern

Institute of Applied Climate Science Climate Change and Southern New England Forests Workshop. Amherst, MA. September 23.

Woodall, C.W., Russell, M.B., Walters, B.F., D’Amato, A.W., Zhu, K., Saatchi, S.S. 2014.

Forest production dynamics along a wood density spectrum in eastern US forests. IUFRO World Congress and SAF National Convention. Salt Lake City, UT. October 5-11.

Woodall, C.W., Russell, M.B., Walters, B.F., D’Amato, A.W., Fraver, S., Domke, G.M. 2014.

Downed dead wood net carbon flux in forests of the eastern United States. IUFRO World Congress and SAF National Convention. Salt Lake City, UT. October 5-11.

Woodall, C.W., Russell, M.B., D’Amato, A.W., Walters, B.F., Domke, G.M., McWilliams, W.

2014. Drivers of forest regeneration in forests of the eastern United States. IUFRO World Congress and SAF National Convention. Salt Lake City, UT. October 5-11.

Woodall, C.W., Domke, G.M., Smith, J., Coulston, J., Russell, M., D’Amato, A.W., Ogle, S.,

Swan, A. 2014. Recent technical changes to the United States forest carbon inventory. IUFRO World Congress and SAF National Convention. Salt Lake City, UT. October 5-11.

Russell, M., C. Woodall, G. Domke, A. D’Amato. 2014. Coarse woody debris carbon dynamics:

research insights from FIA’s downed woody materials indicator. 2014 Society of American Foresters National Convention CIF/IFC AGM Conference-Inventory, Monitoring, and Analysis Training Workshop. Salt Lake City, UT. October 8-11.

Reinikainen, M., A.W. D’Amato, and B. Palik. 2014. Three-year survival and growth of

potential replacement tree species for black ash in north central Minnesota (oral presentation). Black Ash Symposium, University of Maine, Orono, ME. November 4-7.

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Fraver, S., A.W. D’Amato, M. Reinikainen, K. Gill, and B. Palik. 2014. Structure and stand dynamics of old-growth black ash stands in northern Minnesota (oral presentation). Black Ash Symposium, University of Maine, Orono, ME. November 4-7.

D’Amato, A.W. , B.J. Palik, S. Fraver, E.J. Silver, and J.B. Bradford. 2014. Long-term structural

and compositional development of fire-origin red pine forests in north central Minnesota. Invited webinar. Lake States Fire Science Consortium. November 20.

Woodall, C.W., Domke, G.M., Smith, J.E., Coulston, J., Healey, S.P., Perry, C.H., Gray, A.,

Russell, M., D’Amato, A.W., Ogle, S., Swan, A. 2014. Reducing uncertainty and increasing consistency: Recent technical improvements to the 2015 United States forest carbon inventory. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Dec. 15-19.

D’Amato, AW. 2013. Black ash: characterizing stand dynamics, evaluating management

options, and anticipating EAB impacts. Invited talk at Forest Health Workshop sponsored by Chippewa National Forest and Minnesota DNR, Walker, MN. February 12.

D’Amato, AW. 2013. Current status and trends in silvicultural practices in Minnesota. Invited

talk at Minnesota Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, Coon Rapids, MN. February 26.

D’Amato, A.W. , L. Reuling, B. Palik, and K. Martin. 2013. Assessing the efficacy of natural

disturbance-based harvest gaps at restoring old-growth composition and structure. Talk at 98th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. August 4-9, 2013. Minneapolis, MN.

D’Amato, A.W. 2013. Adaptive silviculture and site level considerations for northern

hardwoods. Invited presentation at the 2013 Wisconsin Society of American Foresters State Conference, Minocqua, WI. September 17.

D’Amato, A.W. 2013. Examining management options and impacts for black ash forests

threatened by EAB. Invited seminar at North Central Forest Pest Workshop, Frontenac, MN. September 24.

D’Amato, A.W. 2013. Silviculture is Dead. Long live Silviculture. Invited panel presenter at

Society of American Foresters National Convention plenary session. Charleston, SC. October 24.

D’Amato, A.W. 2012. Looking back to inform the future: retrospective assessments of forest

adaptation and mitigation strategies. Invited webinar as part of Northeast Climate Science Center Colloquium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. February 15.

D’Amato, A.W. 2012. Looking back to assess the efficacy of forest adaptation strategies:

density management and drought. Invited seminar as part of SFEC “Adaptive Management in the Face of Climate Change” Workshop, Cloquet, MN. February 21.

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D’Amato, A.W. 2012. Research examining EAB impacts and black ash management options. Invited seminar at workshop organized by Aitkin County Land Department and Forest Stewards Guild: “Managing Black Ash in the EAB Era,” Isle, MN. March 9.

D’Amato, A.W., S. Fraver, M. Reinikainen, B.J. Palik, and K. Gill. 2012. Dynamics and

structure of old-growth Fraxinus nigra systems: baselines for a foundation species in peril. Talk at 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR. August 8.

D’Amato, A.W. 2011. Future of forest management in the Lake States: insights from several

long-term silviculture experiments. Invited seminar at University of Maine, School of Forest Resources, Forestry Noontime Seminar Series, Orono, ME. January 28.

D’Amato, A.W. 2011. Silviculture in the face of global change: an overview of the UMN

silviculture program. Invited seminar at USDA Forest Service Forest Health Cooperators Meeting, Roseville, MN. March 10.

D’Amato, A.W. , J.B. Bradford, S. Fraver, and B.J. Palik. 2011. Looking back to inform the

future: The effects of thinning and stand complexity on drought tolerance within Pinus resinosa systems. Talk at 8th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Roanoke, VA. June 21.

D’Amato, A.W. 2011. Helping forests thrive in the face of global change. Invited seminar at

University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment, Frontiers in the Environment Seminar Series, St. Paul, MN. October 19.

D’Amato, A.W. 2010. Impacts of biomass harvesting on aspen ecosystems in northern

Minnesota. Invited seminar at Minnesota Forest Resources Council Meeting, Shoreview, MN. January 20.

D’Amato, A.W. 2010. Forest management: how our actions influence carbon storage. Invited

talk at Minnesota Society of American Foresters Winter Meeting, Nissiwa, MN. March 3. D’Amato, A.W. 2010. Landscape-level strategies for balancing forest management objectives:

the TRIAD approach to land allocation. Invited seminar at the Wisconsin Mid-State Chapter of the Society of American Foresters Meeting, Altoona, WI. March 30.

D’Amato, A.W. 2010. Silvicultural options for black ash communities in the face of EAB. 2010.

Invited seminar at the Black Ash Symposium, Bemijdi, MN. May 26. D’Amato, A.W., J.Bradford, S. Fraver. 2010. Neighborhood competition and carbon dynamics

across a Pinus resinosa chronosequence in northern Minnesota: insights from dendroecological examinations. Talk at 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA. August 4.

D’Amato, A.W. 2009. Urban silviculture: big woods thinking for urban scales. Invited talk at

Annual Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course, Arden Hills, MN. March 17-18.

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D’Amato, A.W. 2009. Forest management strategies for increasing carbon stocks and

sequestration. Invited webinar for Blandin Foundation Sponsored Carbon Markets and Forest Practices in Minnesota. April 8.

D’Amato, A.W. 2009. The role of ecological silviculture in restoring and conserving forest

ecosystems. Invited seminar for The Nature Conservancy, Minnesota Chapter, Minneapolis, MN. April 16.

D’Amato, A.W. 2009. Testing the effectiveness of Minnesota’s biomass harvesting guidelines.

Invited seminar for National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Northern Regional Meeting, Stevens Point, WI. May 20 (35 attendees).

D’Amato, A.W. , J. Bradford, S. Fraver, R. Kolka, B. Palik, J. Forrester, D. Mladenoff, C. Blinn,

and F. Aguilar. 2009. Assessing the environmental sustainability and capacity of forest-based biofuel feedstocks within the Lake States region. Poster at Society of American Foresters National Convention, Orlando, FL. September 30-October 2.

D’Amato, A.W. 2009. Silvicultural implications of biomass harvesting. Invited seminar at

Woody Biomass Harvest and Utilization: Opportunities for Private Forest Landowners Workshop. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension Woodland Advisor Program, Grand Rapids, MN. September 18.

D’Amato, A.W. 2009. Long-term effects of silviculture on carbon and complexity: evaluating

tradeoffs and opportunities. Invited seminar for Hanover Forest Science Lecture Series, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University. October 27.

D’Amato, A.W. 2009. Silviculture in the 21st Century. Invited webinar for University of

Minnesota, Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative. November 16. D’Amato, A.W. 2008. Assignments that Connect Field Work with Course Learning Goals: FR

5611. Invited talk and panel for faculty from Copenhagen Danish Institute for Study Abroad. Walter Science Library, University of Minnesota. October 30.

D’Amato, A.W. 2007. Late-successional forest habitats in the Commonwealth: their

importance, extent, and management. Invited seminar at UMass Extension COVERTS training workshop. Petersham, MA. April 28.

D’Amato, A.W. and D.A. Orwig. 2006. Relationships between forest structure and disturbance

dynamics in eastern hemlock-dominated forests. Talk at 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN. August 5-11.

D’Amato, A.W. 2006. Late successional habitats in the Commonwealth and in the Highland

Region. Invited seminar at UMass Extension COVERTS training workshop. Hawley, MA. May 13.

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D’Amato, A.W. 2005. Old-growth forests in the Berkshire Hills and Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. Invited talk at Eastern Native Tree Society’s Forest Summit, Holyoke, MA. October 13-14.

D’Amato, A.W. 2005. Insights into stand development from old-growth forest ecosystems in

western Massachusetts. Invited talk at Yankee Division of the Society of American Foresters Stand Development Workshop, Enfield, CT. February 10.

D’Amato, A.W. 2004. Scientific and conservation lessons learned from old-growth forest

ecosystems. Invited talk as part of Harvard Forest Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Petersham, MA. July 20.

D’Amato, A.W. and K.J. Puettmann. 2003. Interaction dynamics in mixed Alnus

rubra/Pseudotsuga menziesii forests: the relative dominance hypothesis. Poster at 4th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, OR. June 16-20.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

Society of American Foresters, National Chapter, Chair of Forest Ecology Working Group Society of American Foresters, Green Mountain Division, Chair of Education Committee Society of American Foresters, New England Chapter, Forest Science Coordinator Ecological Society of America-Member Forest Guild-Member Xi Sigma Pi (National Forestry Honor Society)